"What do you mean by that Spacebrain?" Maria ranted.
Again Michael managed to piss her of. He didn't want to be with her but he sure as hell was annoying her big time.
"You know what I mean," Michael said, "I can't have you there, cause its dangerous!"
Max was watching the scene unfold with a smirk, those two could fight like cats and dogs, but meanwhile the sparks were flying.
Checking his watch, he decided it was time to come between them.
"Michael, I hate to bother you, but if we don't go now, the lead will be gone."
A few hours earlier Max got a call from Isabel, saying there has been a sighting near the caves. They were heading there now, if he could pull Michael away from Hurricane DeLuca.
"Just stay here, we will be back soon."
"But what if something happens, and no one will know where you are, maybe something evil is there waiting for you to arrive like little snacks he can eat!"
Maria was almost in a frenzy.
Although Michael knew she was freaking out a little, he was a little nervous, they didn't know what they would find there.
"Look, we all have our powers, so it'll be alright. Just stay here, we'll call if something happens, ok?"
Michael tried to sound reassuring, not that he knew how to, but for Maria he would try.
Maria relaxed a little, "So you will call if its over?"
"Yeah but now I have to go before Max' head will explode" he added with a chuckle.
Maria smiled a little at that. Their eyes met and, suddenly their smiles faded. I will never get bored with this, Maria thought. Their lips met in a gentle but passionate kiss. It ended quickly, because Max, who was a little disappointed Liz wasn't there to say goodbye to, pulled Michael by his arm. Thereby breaking the moment. As the doors swung close, Maria heard Michael mutter something about urges and how Max should act on his urges.
She smiled, not knowing what lay ahead of them.
The caves
It was dark en dusty in the early evening desert.
The roar of the jeep broke the heavy silence that laid there.
The four aliens cautiously came out of the car. At first, they saw nothing, but suddenly Michael saw some movement behind a rock. He nudged Max in the back.
"Over there", he said while pointing to the rock.
With their hands drawn, they slowly walked to the mischievous rock.
Suddenly a dark figure jumped from behind, shocking the aliens with his appearance.
Max threw up his protection shield immediately, and for a few seconds there was a deafening silence. The figure that jumped from behind the rock appeared to be a tall, lanky boy with pitch-black hair. He also had his hand up as if he was defending himself.
Tess was the first to speak.
"Who are you! What are you doing here?"
It looked like the boy was about to answer, but suddenly… BOOM
The large explosion came from out of nowhere and threw everyone a few yards backwards. Isabel was the first to recover. "Is everyone alright?"
She nervously looked around, the boy was gone and her friends were laying on the ground around here.
"Max, wake up, please!" Suddenly she heard a slight moan from her brother, as he was shaking his head to become clear again. A hand on her shoulder drew her attention, she lashed out with her free hand… Hitting Tess upside the head.
"Ouch", the tiny blonde squeaked.
As Max was sitting up, he spoke three dreaded words: "Where's Michael?"